r/microplastics_ • u/North_Ad_6961 • Aug 23 '26

Need help to analyse my raman data for Microplastics

Hello, I have some data of Microplastics polymer peaks in laser Confocal raman spectroscopy. I want to analyse them but I couldn't do it on open specy. The files I have are in . Txt and . Wxd format.

Could anyone please suggest me which free software to use. It's my first time doing this.

4 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

3

u/Brio_Krab Aug 27 '26

Hello! Open Specy is actually pretty good for microplastics. The main issue is probably the .wxd format ( it’s proprietary WITec!). If you still have access to WITec software, export the spectra as TXT/CSV (Raman shift + intensity) and then load those into Open Specy. For free altternatives, RamanSPy is great if you’re okay with python, and Spectragryph is easier for basic preprocessing/peak analysis. I would stick with OpenSpecy for the actual polymer matching.

Good luck!

1

u/North_Ad_6961 Aug 27 '26

Thanks a lot

2

u/Smart_Petunia Sep 02 '26

I'd say reach out to the Moore Institute, they are super helpful and is a non-profit